Name: Siler City Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle were mostly steady this week compared to last week . Feeder cattle were 2.00 to 4.00 higher this week compared to last week . Demand was moderate ; market activity and buyer interest were moderate . Offerings were moderate with quality average .

4 head Baby Calves: 290.00 - 475.00; 10 head Hogs

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $303.31/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 2 of 31 comparable sales and sits −48.83 against this barn's trailing median of $352.13.

Average price

$303.31

71 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,641

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$782

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$139.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.41

vs NC average

−94.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	314.67	1,709	58
Medium and Large 2	535	275.77	1,475	10thin
Medium and Large 3	528	175.33	926	3thin

One grade step is worth $139.34/cwt here — about $782 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

31 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $390.48, low $292.12, median $352.13 across 31 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale71 hd

303.31

—

NC average7 barns · 277 hd

305.72

−2.41

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−94.55

This barn, trailing median31 sales

352.13

−48.83

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,600	176.02	2,817	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,245	155.71	1,939	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,645	136.00	2,237	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	971	134.11	1,302	26

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

116 lots · USDA AMS · Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) - Siler City, NC

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	406.25/cwt	390.00–430.00	1,552	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	355.62/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,661	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	321.14/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,673	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	329.80/cwt	310.00–350.00	2,183	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	401.68/cwt	375.00–420.00	1,723	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	418.70/cwt	400.00–440.00	963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	378.19/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,059	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	310.40/cwt	280.00–330.00	1,949	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	375.66/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,585	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	244.91/cwt	220.00–270.00	1,783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	354.95/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,846	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	294.55/cwt	270.00–307.00	1,968	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	212.55/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,605	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	229.85/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,880	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	421.76/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,215	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	303.01/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,857	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	295.11/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,564	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	383.89/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,451	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	232.50/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,848	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	312	424.68/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,325	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	367.81/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,217	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,614	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	213.47/cwt	195.00–230.00	1,661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	313.84/cwt	290.00–340.00	1,651	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	315.85/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,791	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	290.39/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,954	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	273.90/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,983	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	333.33/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,103	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	308.57/cwt	285.00–330.00	1,472	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	331.50/cwt	305.00–355.00	1,565	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	380.00/cwt	370.00–390.00	874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,263	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	344.65/cwt	320.00–365.00	1,465	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	155.00/cwt	146.00–163.00	1,938	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	935	111.87/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,046	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	989	149.05/cwt	148.00–151.00	1,474	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	138.81/cwt	132.00–145.00	1,362	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	2,237	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	171.62/cwt	165.00–179.00	1,953	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	900–950	940	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,645	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	650–700	650	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,203	1
Bulls	—	—	1,578	143.28/cwt	131.00–158.00	2,261	2
Bulls	—	—	1,442	174.86/cwt	160.00–182.00	2,521	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	92.17/cwt	86.00–100.00	832	3
Bulls	—	—	1,799	190.51/cwt	189.00–193.00	3,427	5
Bulls	Medium 3	350–400	365	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium 3	300–350	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	700–750	720	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	972	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	950–1000	990	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,703	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	450–500	460	210.00/cwt	195.00–225.00	966	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	550–600	595	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	392.18/cwt	365.00–402.50	1,914	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium 3	450–500	490	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium 3	350–400	360	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium 3	450–500	475	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	998	1
Bulls	Medium 3	400–450	415	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	623	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	685	154.62/cwt	145.00–166.00	1,059	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	221.29/cwt	200.00–240.00	1,073	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,310	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	323.60/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,874	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	202.45/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	393	277.48/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,090	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	987	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	715	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	790	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	224.86/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,176	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	366	293.92/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,076	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	583	204.83/cwt	195.00–220.00	1,194	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	247.50/cwt	245.00–250.00	829	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,312	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	377.69/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,420	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	419.24/cwt	390.00–432.50	1,597	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	353.39/cwt	330.00–370.00	2,011	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	345.64/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,483	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,536	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	219	321.64/cwt	300.00–340.00	704	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	317.80/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,192	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	337.47/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,552	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	364.89/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,233	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	293.57/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,383	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	277.84/cwt	245.00–300.00	1,475	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	260.40/cwt	240.00–285.00	1,471	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	840	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,336	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,203	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	980	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	324.12/cwt	305.00–340.00	1,034	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	200–250	205	290.00/cwt	280.00–300.00	595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	221.65/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,379	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	822	186.55/cwt	175.00–205.00	1,533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	971	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	175.50/cwt	175.00–176.00	904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	267.50/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,471	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	261.62/cwt	235.00–275.00	1,224	3

How this sale compares

North Carolina weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every North Carolina auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

North Carolina feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Carolina Stockyards Livestock Auction (Friday) - Siler City, NC

Fri Oct 17, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Raleigh, NC (RA-LS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 502Last week 527Year ago 777

Slaughter CattleReceipts 112Last week 110Year ago 156

Replacement CattleReceipts 1Last week 1Year ago 1

4 head Baby Calves: 290.00 - 475.00; 10 head Hogs

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	400.00–440.00	418.70
9	250–300	288	400.00–435.00	421.76
9	300–350	312	400.00–440.00	424.68
18	350–400	382	390.00–430.00	406.25
14	400–450	422	360.00–400.00	375.66
14	450–500	467	340.00–370.00	355.62
22	500–550	521	315.00–335.00	321.14
10	550–600	579	300.00–350.00	323.60
11	600–650	628	280.00–330.00	310.40
9	650–700	673	275.00–310.00	290.39
2	700–750	728	220.00–270.00	244.91
2	750–800	755	205.00–220.00	212.55
2	800–850	818	220.00–240.00	229.85
1	850–900	865	210.00	210.00
2	900–950	920	200.00–205.00	202.45
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	350.00	350.00
2	300–350	338	360.00–370.00	364.89
4	350–400	376	370.00–385.00	377.69
5	400–450	429	330.00–360.00	345.64
8	450–500	477	285.00–330.00	308.57
6	500–550	530	275.00–315.00	295.11
3	550–600	565	240.00–285.00	260.40
1	600–650	640	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	700	205.00	205.00
3	750–800	778	195.00–230.00	213.47
1	800–850	835	160.00	160.00
1	900–950	905	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	180.00	180.00
1	400–450	415	150.00	150.00
1	450–500	475	210.00	210.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	205	280.00–300.00	290.00
2	300–350	335	245.00–250.00	247.50
5	350–400	366	275.00–310.00	293.92
3	450–500	468	235.00–275.00	261.62
2	500–550	523	215.00–235.00	224.86
3	550–600	583	195.00–220.00	204.83
1	650–700	675	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	405.00	405.00
1	300–350	300	430.00	430.00
9	350–400	381	390.00–432.50	419.24
13	400–450	429	375.00–420.00	401.68
12	450–500	488	365.00–402.50	392.18
5	500–550	520	350.00–370.00	354.95
11	550–600	569	330.00–370.00	353.39
6	600–650	631	320.00–350.00	333.33
3	650–700	662	310.00–350.00	329.80
4	700–750	734	315.00	315.00
2	750–800	770	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	475	290.00	290.00
1	550–600	570	225.00	225.00
1	600–650	635	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	350.00	350.00
1	300–350	340	330.00	330.00
2	450–500	460	335.00–340.00	337.47
1	500–550	540	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	595	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	680	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	795	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	230	370.00–390.00	380.00
6	250–300	280	350.00–390.00	378.19
7	300–350	331	350.00–390.00	367.81
4	350–400	378	365.00–400.00	383.89
11	400–450	425	320.00–365.00	344.65
37	450–500	472	305.00–355.00	331.50
34	500–550	526	290.00–340.00	313.84
24	550–600	567	300.00–330.00	315.85
8	600–650	613	285.00–315.00	303.01
11	650–700	668	270.00–307.00	294.55
5	700–750	724	270.00–280.00	273.90
2	750–800	795	225.00–240.00	232.50
1	800–850	810	240.00	240.00
1	900–950	935	242.00	242.00
1	950–1000	955	205.00	205.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	130.00	130.00
1	350–400	360	190.00	190.00
1	450–500	490	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	260.00	260.00
2	350–400	393	275.00–280.00	277.48
1	400–450	420	235.00	235.00
3	450–500	485	200.00–240.00	221.29
2	500–550	515	175.00–176.00	175.50
1	550–600	555	175.00	175.00
3	650–700	685	145.00–166.00	154.62
1	750–800	790	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	219	300.00–340.00	321.64
4	300–350	319	305.00–340.00	324.12
2	350–400	375	310.00–325.00	317.80
1	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
7	450–500	471	275.00–315.00	293.57
8	500–550	531	245.00–300.00	277.84
2	550–600	550	250.00–285.00	267.50
3	600–650	622	215.00–225.00	221.65
1	650–700	650	185.00	185.00
1	700–750	740	200.00	200.00
3	800–850	822	175.00–205.00	186.55
1	850–900	895	175.00	175.00
1	950–1000	980	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	195.00–225.00	210.00
1	550–600	595	150.00	150.00
1	650–700	650	185.00	185.00
1	700–750	720	135.00	135.00
1	900–950	940	175.00	175.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	990	172.00	172.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,250	146.00–163.00	155.00
2	—	1,138	165.00–179.00	171.62
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	935	108.00–117.00	111.87
7	—	989	148.00–151.00	149.05
14	—	981	132.00–145.00	138.81
3	—	903	86.00–100.00	92.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	136.00	136.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,578	131.00–158.00	143.28
6	—	1,442	160.00–182.00	174.86
5	—	1,799	189.00–193.00	190.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,000	2,100.00	2,100.00

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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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How this sale compares

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